Improved stopper for bottles



. PATENT Erica..

L. B. MYERS; OF ELMOBE, OHIO.

IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 53,655, dated April 3,1866.

To all 'whom 'it 'may concern Be it known that I, L. B. MYERS, of Elmore, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Discharge- Spout for Bottles and other Articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichy Figure l is a longitudinal section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of thedischarge-spout with the cap removed.

The nature of my invention consists in a discharge-spout of novel construction, which may be used with or without a cap or thelike for closing it, said discharge-spout being intended to be fitted into the heads of lincture, oil, and other bottles, to be applied to graduates, cans, jugs, measures, and niany other articles; also, in encircling the said spout by a continuous inclined trough, whose lower part is on a level with the lower edge of the opening in the spout, so that any liquid which may drop from the spout in the act of pouring ,out or afterward will be directed'by the inclining trough back into the neck ot' the spout, and thus be carried back into the bottle or other article from whence it came.

A designates the discharge-spout, b being its discharge end, and b its neck, which latter is tubular and is surrounded with cork, a, so that it may be crowded into the head ot' a bottle so as to fit tight-ly.

The upper end of the discharge-spoutiscut off at an angle, so as to form av channel with sides tapering toward the discharge end.

- From this any liquid may be poured .into a small opening without any liability of its spillmg.

B is a trough which encircles the spout. Its position is inclined, and its lowest part is on a level with the lowest part of the opening of the spout, so that any liquid which may run over upon the outside of the spout will be caught in the trough and be conducted into the neck b.

Q is a cap, which is sufficiently large in diameter and sullcientlyr long to receive within it the spout I), and so made that when it is placed over the said spout (its open end encircling the cork a) it will effectua-lly close up or cork up the bottle or other article.l

The whole discharge-spout may be made of glass, if desired, and the cap of glass also, and either or both may be made of any' other suitable material. The discharge-spout may be applied to various articles-for instance, tincture and oil bottles, the apothecarys graduate, and all apothecaries bottles, the common molasses-pitcher, to ordinary oil, liquor, and molasses measures, common jugs, and various cooking articles, such as skillets, dippers, gravy-dishes, 85o., in all of which it will answer a good purpose; also, to oil-cans, in which case their spouts can be dispensedwith, and therefore the expense of the can reduced and by its use any illuid which would adhere to or run over on the outside of the bottle or other receptacle will run back into the vessel that conta-insit, and thus be saved, besides leaving the vessels in a cleanly condition.

What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The discharge-spout A, constructed substantially as specified, whether it be independently made and ltted to the article with which it is used or formed with the article as a part of it, substantially as specified.

2. The cap O, in combination with the spoilt A, applied substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

L. B. MYERS, M. D. Witnesses:

SAMUEL HERMAN, W. W. KELLY, 

